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Campaign Committee Formed To Oppose Casino Vote

    A campaign committee has been created to oppose the development of a resort casino in Springfield Massachusetts.   WAMC”s Paul Tuthill  reports.

   A Springfield attorney, Michael Kogut, filed legal paperwork with the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office to register a political committee, called  “ Citizens Against Casino Gaming”  The committee will begin to raise  money in a bid to defeat a casino question if and when it gets to the ballot in Springfield. Kogut  knows they’ll be no match, financially ,for the casino lobby.

   Before a casino company can apply for a license from the state, local voters must approve the project.. At least four companies are interested in putting a casino in  Springfield.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.